"You don't mean an innovation point, do you?"

"Innovation point? Something like that. Even a small innovation can break through to the Exiting Saint Stage. Calling it an innovation point is quite accurate."

Zhu Xiaosuo shook his head, holding his forehead.

This cultivation world feels a bit off.

Scientific research cultivation?

Why does it seem like I'm heading further down the path of baldness?

One thing he deliberately ignored in his memory was that by the time he graduated with his doctorate in his previous life, his head was already quite barren.

In his twenties, people believed him to be forty.

In this life, he touched his long, straight black hair, feeling quite pleased.

Could it be that he's going to go bald again?

Chen Qinqiu didn't pay attention to him and continued speaking to herself:

"If you want to break through to the Divine Entry Stage, you need to amplify your Exiting Saint Stage's innovation point so that everyone can accept and use it."

Zhu Xiaosuo nodded.

He instantly understood his father-in-law's predicament.

Innovation points are easy to talk about; he had dealt with those impractical innovation points in his previous life.

It was just about publishing a couple of filler articles.

But the requirements for the Divine Entry Stage were tough.

It required your innovation point to be usable by others, not just theoretical stuff based on countless assumptions.

The gap between the Exiting Saint Stage and the Divine Entry Stage, in his view, was like the difference between an ordinary doctoral student and a very accomplished professor.

"When my father reached the Exiting Saint Stage, the place he chose to achieve sainthood, which you call the innovation point, was that practicing light-based divine abilities under sunlight was about ten percent more efficient than under artificial light. But for the breakthrough to the Divine Entry Stage, he didn't know what to do."

Zhu Xiaosuo nodded again and said, "If you don't choose the right innovation point at the Exiting Saint Stage, the Divine Entry Stage becomes much harder."

"Exactly. Some of the older cultivators couldn't find a suitable innovation point for the Divine Entry Stage and preferred to stay in the Humbling the Present Stage until their lifespan was almost up, forcing them to break through to the Exiting Saint Stage. My father was just not steady enough and randomly chose an innovation point to achieve sainthood."

"Why was our father so impulsive!"

Zhu Xiaosuo also felt a bit frustrated with his father's lack of divine entry.

Why did you choose such a lousy innovation point to exit saint?

At most, you'll live a few hundred more years.

What about us as a couple?

"Forget it, I have nothing more to ask. Tell me about yourself."

"Me? I'm a bit introverted and not very good at talking to girls."

"Really? I didn't notice."

"You see me as sunny, but I'm actually very insecure, and talking to you makes me tremble all over."

"Really? It's okay, I'm a very calm person, just say whatever you want."

"I'm still a bit worried, a bit scared."

"No worries, take the first step bravely."

"I... I can't, I'm still worried that what I say might upset you."

"It won't. My family always says I'm mindless and never take things to heart, so just speak freely."

"I'm introverted and don't often talk to girls..."

"Mm-hmm, it's okay. I've seen people more introverted than you, no need to worry."

"Then I'll say it..."

"Mm, speak boldly, don't mind others' opinions."

"Will you marry me?"

"Slap!"

A powerful slap, mixed with the anger of a cultivator in the Honoring the Ancient Stage.

Immediately, Zhu Xiaosuo saw his own body and the girl sitting next to him.

Oh.

His head had been slapped off.

When Chen Qinqiu carefully reattached Zhu Xiaosuo's head to his neck, he was still in a daze.

That slap from Chen Qinqiu had brought him face-to-face with his great-grandmother.

A step away from the afterlife.

"Don't talk like that again in the future."

Chen Qinqiu was a bit angry and a bit embarrassed.

"Indeed, that way of speaking is a bit life-threatening."

Zhu Xiaosuo rotated his neck, sighing.

Who would've thought that even a severed neck could be reattached?

Cultivators in the Honoring the Ancient Stage are terrifying.

"Alright, I've been out long enough, I'm about to leave. Do you have anything else to say?"

"Well, since the proposal failed, I can only hope for some compensation for my injuries from you, senior."

Chen Qinqiu was somewhat displeased.

"You're quite realistic. Eyeing my money?"

"Of course. I'm just a small cultivator at the First Layer of the Rebirth Stage with a Purple Vein, without a father in the Exiting Saint Stage, and I'm still worried about passing the Immortal Sect's examination. If I'm not a bit realistic, I'll be stuck at the Rebirth Stage for life."

"Why don't you come with me?"

"Where to?"

"Anywhere, I can definitely support your cultivation."

"What do I need to give in return?"

"Uh... it seems like you don't have anything I need."

"Then it's not possible. If you give me cultivation resources without expecting anything in return, I might not be able to repay you when you do ask for something."

"So complicated."

"Yes, it is quite complicated. You should just give me some cultivation resources, that way it's convenient for you and puts my mind at ease."

"Uh, alright."

Under Zhu Xiaosuo's surprised gaze, Chen Qinqiu struggled to pull out a bunch of bottles and treasures from her bosom.

Her round belly immediately deflated.

Revealing a soft jade.

Zhu Xiaosuo asked, "Don't you have something like a storage pouch?"

"Storage pouch? You mean a bag? Carrying a bag is so silly..."

"No, I mean, don't you have those small-looking bags with a large space inside, like a storage pouch?"

In his previous life's online novels, storage pouches weren't considered high-end items.

Someone like Chen Qinqiu, with a good father, shouldn't lack storage pouches or storage rings.

Chen Qinqiu said, "You're quite strange. Sometimes very smart, sometimes very naive. How could such a thing exist? It looks small on the outside, but has a large space inside, where does that space come from? What's the principle behind it? How are items placed inside?"

"Uh, this..."

Zhu Xiaosuo was stumped by the question.

He hadn't thought about it.

In online novels, you just use it without needing to understand the principles!

"Alright, let's think about what to give you. I only have a dozen spirit stones, meant for buying food on the road, in case the shopkeeper can't make change. A dozen spirit stones definitely aren't enough for you, not even to reach the Third Layer of the Rebirth Stage. So I'll give you some spirit crystals!"

With that, Chen Qinqiu picked up a white jade bottle and handed it to Zhu Xiaosuo.

Zhu Xiaosuo took the jade bottle, opened it, and inside were seven deep blue, transparent crystals about the size of fingernails.

"Are these spirit crystals?"

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He had heard from Ba Mingyang that one spirit crystal could be exchanged for a Rebirth and Marrow-Washing Pill when mining.

From Ba Mingyang's words, he could tell how precious spirit crystals were.

No less valuable than the five spirit stones were to him when he was still an ordinary person.

Some are born in Rome, while others are born as cattle and horses.

Can't compare.

Zhu Xiaosuo didn't refuse, cupped his hands in thanks.

"Thank you, senior. How can I find you in the future?"

"Hmph, when I give you good things, you call me senior, you're really an opportunist."

"Thank you for the compliment, senior."

"No need to find me. Once you reach a certain level, you'll naturally know my name!"

Chen Qinqiu proudly put her hands behind her back.